Proto-Indo-European homeland

Geographic region where the proto-Indo-European language originated

The Proto-Indo-European homeland was the prehistoric homeland of the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE), the region where the proto-language was spoken before it split into the dialects from which the earliest Indo-European languages later evolved with the Indo-European migrations. The Steppe theory, the Anatolian model, and the Near Eastern (or Armenian) model are the three main solutions for the Indo-European homeland, of which the Steppe theory is the most widely accepted proposal. The search for the homeland of the Indo-Europeans began during the late 18th century with the discovery of the Indo-European language family.

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